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"Dead Souls" by Nikolai Gogol is a novel first published in 1842. It follows Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov, a mysterious gentleman who arrives in a small Russian town with a peculiar scheme: to purchase "dead souls"—serfs who have died but still exist on paper for tax purposes. As he charms local officials and landowners, his bizarre transactions raise suspicions. Through absurd satire, Gogol exposes the moral rot and social dysfunction of Russia's middle aristocracy, creating unforgettable caricatures of greed, pretension, and vulgarity. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich, 1809-1852 |
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| Translator | Hogarth, D. J. |
| Uniform Title | Mertvye dushi. English |
| Title | Dead Souls |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Souls |
| Credits | John Bickers, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Swindlers and swindling -- Russia -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1081 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 1997 |
| Last Update | Jun 8, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 3934 downloads in the last 30 days. |
Original page: gutenberg.org/ebooks/1081